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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I never use deodorant. Also don't ever use shampoo. I shower once every two days. Never get complaints. Working as a nurse, I;m always close to people who would definitely tell me if I smelled bad. Not saying this will work for everyone nor that everyone should do the same. I do however think that the industry has been successful in marketing these products as must-haves for daily use and I know that's a lie. Many people who wash regularly won't have strong odor with or without deodorant or shampoo. I did use them during puberty and I was a bit uncertain when I stopped. They work on your insecurity, and so you're inclined to keep using these products, everyday, all the time, just to be sure. No one wants to smell bad. I volunteer in a sort of day care for the homeless and the shame people feel when they smell bad and others notice is incredibly large so it makes sense people stick to their deodorant just to be sure. There's also really no harm in it, but I feel like our hygiene-cleanliness culture is quite extreme sometimes. Deodorants are a real solution for a real problem obviously, but many people over do it and when overdone people reek of deodorant or perfume. Like old ladies on a bus. Yuck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You can wash regularly and have strong smell. AND it's not very good to never use soap.

People that bathe in parfum are bad as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Can confirm. My dad's bo is sour. Stinks up the bathroom and with the least bit of sun, the effect of exessive showering is undone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I tend to disagree. I guess it depends...

I'm using shampoo for hair, though only because I think a lot of filth that's flying around in cities (and dust in rooms) collects there (and it gets itchy).

But as a counter example: I washed my feet with soap a long time ago and had constantly issues with fungal infection there. Then I stopped that (and only use water) and never had these issues again...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you should see a doctor about the fungi. They don't just go away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well as I said, I never had any issues again since like 7 years or so, got healthy feet etc. so I guess that this indeed has gone away?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well, cool if it worked for you. But it probably won't for most people. Fungi are usually very hard to get rid of.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

AND it’s not very good to never use soap

Unless we're talking about washing hands I disagree. Soap is bad for your skin. Water alone is enough to do away with any dirt on your body, and the downside of soap is that it also does away with all sorts of oils that your skin needs to function properly.Of course there are mild soaps, but still it's not really clear to me what the benefit of soap would be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

my psych/socio teacher in HS had a rather funny litmus test for that one.

Words from his mouth were "if your ear wax is dry, you probably don't stink anymore"

[–] hex 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does ear wax being dry have to do with stink? Just wondering

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

not entirely sure, but that's what he postulated, being a middle aged man and all.

Presumably it just means that your body is producing less material for bacteria to make smelly. But this is also 1700s levels of science lmao.